Roller-Coaster Comments

I don't think you've ever used a roller coaster as a metaphor before! But the focus of this poem is in the Poet-Seer's indirect MESSAGES. He lets actions speak for him; his lifestyle conveys his values; his acts speak for him. All of this emphasizes his integrity. Lesser men - like me! - sound like text books. The poet-seer is like a Shakespearean tragic hero: his life itself is his message and, as Hamlet says, THE REST IS SILENCE.